Aug 24         Assign students their seats.
                    Hand out Disclosure Statement.
                    Go over each item of the Disclosure Statement.
                    Introduce vowel sounds.

Aug 25         Introduce Spanish alphabet.
                    Introduce numbers from 1-20.

Aug 26         Review alphabet.
                    Review numbers.
                    Do Assignments of Numbers 1-100 in random order.

Aug 27         Introduce Class Objects.
                     Hand out Class Object Sheet.
                     Introduce Greetings & Farewells. (Basic Conversation)
                     Do Flash Cards from page 22 of the text.

Aug 28         Slateboard activity.
                     Competition in your groups

Aug 31         Volunteers to model the oral Spanish Alphabet
                     Practice Numbers 1-20
                     Introduce Basic Conversation (pages 2,4)
                     Introduce Class Objects around the room

Sep 1             Allow time to review for Quiz on numbers 1-20
                     Quiz Numbers 1-20
                     Correct Quiz - Hand in corrected Quiz
                     TPR with Class Objects

Sep 2             Basic Conversation Review
                     TPR Class Objects in pairs.
                     Those who have not done the Spanish alphabet will finish.

                      Body Part Labeling according to instruction sheet.

 

Sep 4               Assign new seats. 

                        Time allowed to finish Body Part Labeling.

                        Those who are already finished with Body Part Labeling, hand in your assignment.

                        Create a body on the board in groups with Sr. McBride giving out the body parts. 

 

Sep 7               Labor Day - No School

 

Sep 8               Introduce Telling Time

                        Students will do their class schedule telling when each class starts and ends.

 

Sep 9               New Telling Time Assignment and introduction to concept of AM and PM

                        Hand in Class Schedule from yesterday.

                       

Sep 10             Allow time to finish New Telling Time assignment.

                        Correct Telling Time Assignment in class.

                        Hand in corrected assignment.

 

Sep 11              Oral Activity in Groups using slateboards.

 

Sep 14            Introduce Days, Months, Dates.

                       Do Assignment P7 & P8 (Assignment on Days, Months & Dates).

 

Sep 15            Correct P7 & P8

                       Hand in corrected assignment.

                       Do 2nd Assignment on Days, Months and Dates.

 

Sep 16            Finish Date Assignment.

                       Correct 2nd Date Assignment in class

                       Hand in corrected assignment.

 

Sep 17            Oral Activity in your Groups.

                      Review of Vocabulary:

                           Numbers 1-100

                           Class Objects

                           Body Parts

                           Basic Conversation

                           Days, Months, Dates

                           Telling Time

 

Sep 18          ADIOS - This activity tests your knowledge of all of the vocabulary we have studied.

                     We have already been introduced to over 200 words!

 

Sep 21           Review for test on items listed on September 17th.

                      Oral practice in study pairs

 

Sep 22          Test on Para Empezar (To Begin)  Numbers, Days, Months Dates and Telling Time

                     written in Spanish.

                     The rest of the categories are matching or recognition only.

 

Sep 23         Introduce Weather Terms

                    Do Activities 2-6 pages 19-21 in the text.

 

Sep 24          Finish Weather Activities.

 

Sep 25         Compensatory Recess - No School

 

Sep 28         Correct Weather Assignment.

                    Hand in corrected Weather Assignment.

 

Sep 29          Second Weather Assignment

                     Be sure to follow specific instructions to better your score.

 

Sep 30          Correct Assignment in class.

                     Hand in corrected assignment.

 

Oct 6            Create Flash Cards from vocabulary located on pages 46 and 70.

                     Oral Activities starting on page 31 (Acts. 8, 16 & 17)

                     Be sure you understand the following concepts:

                           Infinitives (p. 32)

                           Negatives (p. 36)

                           Agreement and Disagreement (p. 38)

                           Definite and Indefinite Articles (p. 60)

                          Word Order (p. 62)

 

Oct 7            Make sure you understand the concepts introduced above.

                     Start the Review assignment 1A-1 to 1A-8 in preparation for a Chapter test next

                     Tuesday, October 13th.

 

Oct 8             Finish up 1A-1 to 1A-8.

 

Oct 9            ADIOS

 

Oct 12           Practice for Chapter 1A Test that will be administered Tuesday.  This practice will be a

                     competition in your groups.

 

Oct 13          Hand in completed 1A-1 to 1A-8.

                    Test on Chapter 1A.

 

Oct 14          Correct Chapter 1A in class. 

 

Oct 15           Read pages 50-51 in order to identify each expression.  (Vocabulary comes from p. 70)

                      Competition in groups to see how many expressions you can identify.

                      Translate your assigned panel on page 52-53.  Each person in your group will read a part

                      of the panel out loud orally and then tell the class what the words mean.

 

Oct 16         Oral Activities starting on page 56 - Activities 8, 13 & 17.

 

Oct 19          Do Written Activities starting on page 54 i.e. Acts. 5,6,8,17,18 & 19. 

                           Act. 5    Follow the model.  Underline the adjective.  Watch out for masculine and

                                        feminine endings.

 

                           Act. 6   Put the word from the word box only.

 

                           Act. 8   Follow the model doing A & B.

 

                           Act. 17 Follow the model.

 

                           Act. 18 Write the correct form of the Indefinite Article only (un or una)

 

                           Act. 19  Follow the model.  Unscramble the words writing them in a complete

                                        sentence.  Be sure to look at Word Order ont the top of page 62.

Oct 20 Finish Written Activities 5,6,8,17,18, & 19.  Proofread your work.  Be sure to look for

  AGREEMENT of nouns and adjectives, for examples chicas reservadas.

Oct 21  Correct Written Activities.

  Hand in corrected Activities.

  Hand out 1B-1 to 1B-8 (Practice for Chapter 1B Test)

Oct 22 Oral Activities 12 & 13.

Finish 1B-1 to 1B-8

Oct 23        Oral Activity - GOSSIP

Oct 26  Hand in completed 1B-1 to 1B-8.

Test Chapter 1B

Oct 27 Correct Chapter 1B Test in class.

       Hand in corrected Test.

Oral Activity with Chapter 1B vocabulary if time permits.

Oct 28  Introduce subjects (classes) p.74

Review Ordinal numbers p. 74

Do Oral Activities starting on page 79 Acts. 6, 8

Do AR Verb sheet

Oct 29 Hand in completed AR Verb sheet.  Use information provided on page 84.

Start written activities starting on page 78 - Acts. 5,7,11,12,14 & 16.

Act 5 - Using the graph of the model using Hora, Clase, & Profesor list your class schedule.  Be 

                                    sure to use the same format as the model.

  Act 7 - Write TWO sentences just like the model.  Use the word bank for ideas.  Tell which class 

              you prefer and why. Do problems 1-6.

Act 11 - Do what was done in the model.  Your answers are found on page 82.

Act 12 - Write tu, Ud. or Uds. as your answer.  All of these words mean "you" in English.  You

  have to decide which is the appropriate "you" to use.

Act 14 - Follow the model telling what each person studies.  You have to change the verb 

        estudiar according to the information found on page 84. 

Act 16 - Write out the ENTIRE SENTENCE filling in the correct CONJUGATED form of a verb  

        in the word box.  DO NOT HAVE YOUR ANSWER END WITH THE LETTERS 

                                      "AR".  Your answer has to have the verb conjugated with an o,as,a,amos, or an ending.

Oct 30 Student Non Attendance Day

Nov 2  FinishWritten Activities 5,7, 11,12,14 & 16 starting on page 78.

Nov 3  Correct Written Activities.

                        Hand in corrected Activities.

Nov 4 Verb Conjugations on the board in teams.

Nov 5   Slateboard activity in teams with vocabulary from Chapter 2A (page 96)

Nov 6 Start Review for Test Chapter 2A (2A-1 to 2A-8)

Nov 9 Finish 2A-1 to 2A-8.

Know how to:

use tener (tienes and tengo)

                                subject pronouns (yo, tu, el, ella, Ud. nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas Uds.)

know what action is done in each class Example:  dibujar en la clase de arte

Nov 10 Hand in 2A-1 to 2A-8

Test Chapter 2A

Nov 11 View the video Aladdin.

                        words that are like English, for example princesa - princess, tigre - tiger

Number each entry.  Do not repeat any entries.

Proper nouns (names of people or cities) not allowed

Nov 12            Continue viewing Aladdin  and taking notes. (Spanish-English)

Nov 13            Finish view Aladdin and taking notes.  Exchange notes with your classmates.

                        Try to get as many different words as you possibly can.

Test on Aladdin will be on Tuesday, November 17th.

                       

STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH STUDENTS WILL WORK IN THE COMPUTER LAB

207 CREATING A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON AN ASSIGNED SPANISH SPEAKING 

COUNTRY.  STUDENTS WILL ALSO BE GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON RESEARCH PROCEDURES.

THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT CAN BE DONE AT HOME.  STUDENTS WILL SAVE ALL WORK

ON THE SCHOOL SERVER AND ON THEIR OWN STUDENT DIRECTORY AS A BACKUP.

Nov 16            Start PowerPoint project on assigned Spanish speaking country.  Follow instructions 

                        carefully.  (Detailed handout provided)  #1

Nov 17  Test on Aladdin using your notes.   Correct test.  Hand in test.

Nov 18 Computer Lab 207 #2

Nov 19 Computer Lab 207 #3

Nov 20            Professional Development Day - Students do not attend.

Nov 23  Computer Lab 207.  #4

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Nov 24 Computer Lab 207 to work on project. #5

If absent, be sure to make up for lost time after school in Mr. McBride's

                        class on one of the laptops.

Nov 25-27     Thanksgiving Recess - No School

Nov 30 Flash Cards from page 120

Oral Activities starting on page 104 - Acts 4,6,8,9,10,12, & 16

Explain prepositions and plurals (page 110)

Explain the verb estar, conjugation and when to use.

Dec 1 Draw of map of the classroom labeling 8 of the objects found on page 120.

Write a paragraph like the paragraph on page 117 telling where the items are.  (8)

Written Activities starting on page 104 - Acts. 4,5,8,9,10,&15.  This 

                         assignment is attached to the diagram of class and paragraph.

Detailed instructions for Activities 4,5,8,9,10, & 15:

Act 4 - Follow the model.  Hay means "there is/are."

Act 5 - Write the word that DOES NOT belong.  Then write the word

                                     that logically belongs.

Act 8 - Answer the questions in a full sentence in Spanish.  Note that 

                                    problems 3 and 4 have two questions.

Act 9 - Number from 1-6 and put the correct form of the verb estar.

    (in the chart above Act 9)

Act 10 - Write a sentence following the model.

Act 15 -  Write the plural forms of each word like the graphic above Act 15.

Dec 2 Computer Lab 207 #6

Dec 3 Computer Lab 207  #7

Dec 4 Finish Written Activities starting on page 104.

Dec 7 Correct finished Written Activities 4,5,8,9,10, & 15 starting page 104.

Dec 8 Computer Lab 207 #8

Dec 9    2B-1 to 2B-8 - Preparation assignment for Test Chapter 2B

Dec 10 Finish 2B-1 to 2B-8.  Practice test is available online from 

                        page 121, upper right hand corner of the page.

Dec 11            Oral Activity in groups.

Dec 14 Computer Lab (Library)  Remember your seat number because you 

                        will have the same seat number in the Library. # 9

Dec 15 Computer Lab (Library)  #10